Ruta del Alto La Llama a la Majada de Espineres

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Alto La Llama - Majada de Espineres
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Alto La Llama - Majada de Espineres 8,7

This route starts at the Alto de la Llama, AS-248. We can leave the vehicle in the car park next to it. We find a wide dirt track that leads off in a west-east direction and takes us to the famous Majada de Espineres.

A few metres after starting, there is a crossroads; we follow the track straight ahead to reach the "majada", which is a field with many huts and "espineras", hence its name.

Half a kilometre into the route, we come to another turning on the right, but we continue straight on. The initial stretch is uphill through chestnut and oak woods and meadows with horses and cattle grazing freely.

After another 600 metres, kilometre 1.1, there is another turn-off to the right, and we continue along the track. From this point, we can see the councils of Colunga, Villaviciosa and Piloña, and sometimes we can even see the Villaviciosa estuary. Approximately one kilometre further on, we come to two more deviations to the right, but we will ignore them.

We have been walking for about 3.5 kilometres from the start and we reach the Alto la Cruz, where we can observe a total change in the landscape, which becomes karstic, with abundant dolines of different sizes. The dolines are depressions typical of limestone formations.

A few metres further on, kilometre 4, we find the María Mingo cross, and near a nearby hut there is a watering place where the deer that live in the area usually go to drink.

At the end of the route, at kilometre 4.5, we reach the famous Majada de Espineres, where we can see various huts and stables, some of which are very well preserved.

Every year an event is held in the area called the Fiesta del Asturcón - a small, rustic, native Asturian horse - in which an attempt is made to tame the adult wild horses and to mark the wild foals born that year.